Procrastination Help

I mean, help for procrastinators! Pretty sure nobody actually needs help to procrastinate…

Anyway. I use Chrome to surf the web, and I use the web to procrastinate. Whoo boy, do I ever! Especially Tumblr, and that one game I play on Facebook…

Meet my new best friend. Found it in the Chrome app store (for FREE.)

This lovely app has been on my browser for a while, but it’s only in the last week that I’ve been desperate enough to use it. Let me give you a tour of its features, may I? Did I mention it’s FREE?

So here we have the settings page. I added the highlighter. Yep, I get 45 minutes a day on Tumblr and Facebook combined. I can increase the time, but the app complains at me when I do. I’m serious. It even threatens kittens. This app is serious about my productivity!

See the part I circled in red? That’s the absolute desperation step. That step is a lifesaver.

When I hit the nuclear option, I can only view sites I’ve already put on my “allow” list. I can even decide not to allow that, to nuke THE ENTIRE INTERNET if I need to, for however long I need to. However I’ve found that banning myself from panlexicon when I’m writing is a bad thing.

This is the pull-down from Chrome’s navigation bar. It’s easy to add a site to the blocked list! It takes an extra click or two to make sure it’s on the allowed list. You can see how easy it is to hit the nuclear option, too. And the countdown before your butt will be kicked off that site ready or not!

There’s even a challenge option for the particularly wimp-willed. (As I get used to this app, I may have to go this route!)